Type-writing machine.



J. D. DAUGHERTY. TYPE WRITING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION TILED AUG. 26, 1904.

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mommxm va ATTORNEY No'. 850,110. PATENTED APR. 9, 1907.

, J. D. DAUGHERTY.

TYPE WRITING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION YILED AUG. 26, 1904.

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' J :IWITNESSIES: INVE/VT R ATTORNEY as to justa le' along'the .rod or. bar along is a'perspectiv'e VleW UNITED STATES PAiljENT OFFICE.

JAMES- DENN'Y DAUGHERTY, 0F KITTANNING, PENNSYLVANIA.

' I TYPE-WRITING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 9, 1907.

Original application filed July 10,1 908 Serial No. 16 5,013. Divided andthis application filed August 26, 1904 Serial No. 222.21-7.

Tour/Z5 wk/om it ritay concern/.- Be it known that I, JAMES DENNY DAUGH- ERTY, a citizen of the United States, residing in Kittanning, and State of in the county of Armstrong Pennsylvan a, have invented certain new and useful Improvements 1n :ly'pe-VVriting Machines, of which the follow-' mglis a specification. 3 his invention relates to the paper-guldlng means of type-writing machlnes; and its to provide improved 'ad'-' er guides for thefront side of the principal object is ustable pa platen in a .ont-strike writing-machine.

Pa er-guides of this class are usually ad' platen, a bar or rod being provided fobtheir support. This bar or rod is usual constructions either in the path of vision, so that a view of the Work is ob soured, or else so placed as to render the insertion and manipulation of the paper awkward, and to be otherwise'objectionable.

. By'rny invention the 'manipulation of. the

paper 1s at no time Obstructed; nor isits width governed by the front paper-guides,.

ofnwhich' may, if desired, be placed so:

either guide the Iniddleof a sheet or card, or the two guides may be adjusted near together near the middle of the sheet orcard, while the which the guide s are adjust.

able; is entirely out of the way I 1n the accompanying drawings, Figural is a top plan View of a type-writer of the Under}.

wood class, showing my invention applied, thereto. 'Fig'. 2 is a showing diagrammaticallyf-myiimprovement' ,and thegrelative location of the parts. "'-Fig.-3

' of the improved paper-i guides. Fig 4 is'an inverted View of'a por trono'f the illustrates it up and down "for writing rear of the front bar 6 of. the main carria 'e= frame is a honz'ontal rod'o'r'bar 4, along which are adjustableltbe Trout; paper-guides pres* saidgro'd A; being b frameis in its norm al-lower position-unified! lies below the upper surface'of. the carriage'- f bar 6. Said rod 1s fixed front ends of a ,at Fig/2 until the -justably secured at their 'orwar scale. 9

sectional side'elevation 'Itwill be observed that guides, each finger being in .aper'guides'upporting and e manner of securing 'the guide"v jthe printing-line.

owing to th'elilen ..,tioniof the' aper'in-themachin .further, is'so located Jasf not to the; platen and the point atwhich is inserted in "the machine.

when in themachine cannotin any at its ends upon the pair 01' rigid arms 7, extending forwardly from the main body of the platenframe, so that the rod 4 and arms 7, taken together, maybe regarded as a portion of the latter. The platen-fralne and platen are shiftable upwardly from the full-line'position platen reaches the dottedline position at 5 I employ a pair offront aperuides '8, ad-

, ends upon the rod 4 and extending therefrom rear- Wardly to the platen, the distance between said rod and the platen being considerable, as shown. Each paper-guide is formed with a clip 9 to embrace the rod, the latter upon its underside being formed with serrations 1 0,

and onememb'er llof said-clip being pro-. videdwith serrations or teeth to engage the, serrations 10; By means 'of a clampingscrew 12 the clip may be loosened and'tightened upon the rod. Any other suitable means may be provided for'clamping or hold- --ing the paper-guides acl'ustably upon the rod.

Upon the pa'per-gui es I prefer to fix forweirdly-extending indexes 15, adapted to the. usual front scale 14, the latter being provided -for cooperation -with the usual carriagepointer A.- The carriage may be setjso that the latter stands opposite the middle of the scale, whereupon the paper-guides may be adjusted to any desired points upon the yielding aper guiding fingers 16 are provided upon t e rear ends of the elongated arms of the paperthe formofa yielding loop connected to-the rear end ofthe arm and conforming Kto: -,the front of j the platen and-carrying a guiding-roll B'ab'oye These adju-st'afb'lepaperguides do not interfere even in theshghtest degree with thesvisibility ofthe writing, and i th of the rod 4,which may e platen, as shown, either be longer than t guide may be adjustedfor substantially the entire 'length of the platen. i Therod land J apel g lllde'sfare, mor 9 5 the main arms of the over, so placed thatt ey do not iilterfere in any gnannerwitfh the insertion and manipulae. The-rod;

, ga rangementof the parts is such that the paper manner lievbetwee'n J I the aper rod limit or interfere'with the adfl'ust'ment of the paperuides .to any point aong the platen and wi 1 even permit, if occasion should arise, the movement of, both guides to either end of the platen. A narrow strip of paper may also be guided at any desired point around the platen.

By reference to Fig. 2 it will that the guidle-sup orting rod 4 is located above the paths of t 1e type-bars 46 orso that the tips of the latter will pass freely beneath the rod and the clips 9 thereon. Moreover,

said bar 4 is located sufficiently forward as to be below the line of Vision, andhen'ce so as not to obscure the writing. The lowest line of vision is indicated by the dotted line 47,

. and the printing-point is indicated-by the reference-numeral 48.

between the line of vision and the line of The bar 4 is located travel of the tips ,of the type-bars. The

paper guides may henee'be adjusted "across the normal writing-line of the machine with- 'out-'interfering with theIvisibility of the written matter! v i 7 Variations may be resorted" to within the scope of my invention, and portions of my improvementsmay be used without others.

This application is a-division -ofrnytco,

pending application Serial No, 1655013, filed uly 10,11903, whichdoes 'not cover, broadly, the features clairnedherein, but is confined specifically to lline-locking-and other mech 4 anis'rn used in connection with the paperguides cl-ai-med'herein;

' Having thus described my invention,- If flclalmf- I 1. ,In a type-writing maehine, the combi nation with a platen and type-bars mounted to strikerearwardlyagainst; the front of the t platen, of 'a pair of fingers eurvingdown around the front side of the platen and close thereto for "guiding the side edgesofthe psi-J the platen; sai

be observed per; a rod upon which said paper-guiding ngers are inde endently adjustable along d rod being in'-- front of the 5 laten, above the pathsof the types and be-"J oW the line of vision; an index upon said guiding-finger, and a scale to cooperate with said index.

2. ha type-writing rnachinei, the comm-i563 ends of said arnis'for elasping said'rod so as to permit independent adjustmento'f the arms v along'the rod, an index upon each of saidarms, and-a cooperating scale.

3'. In a type-writing machine, the combi-. nation with a'earriage, a platen-frame shiftable up and; down upon said carriage, a platen I and type-bars Inounted to strike rearWardly against the front .of' the platen, of a pair- "of fingejrscurving down around the. front" side' of, the platen and close theretofor guid- 7o 'ing the side edgesfof the paper; arod upon" which saidfp aper-guiding. fingers" are irfdeia pendentlyadjustable along the platen; arm.sf

extending forwardly from said fimgers'to 'said rod, andthe latter beingmountedupon said 7.51 platen frame in front of the/platen; above" the paths of the types and belowthe line of vision; an index upon said guid jng-fingenf.

and a scale upon the framework of' therna' chine to eoijper'ate with said indexL-A JAMES DENNY DAUGHERTY;

Witnesses:

' JOEL CRAWFORD,

v 'JOSEPH..P.OULBERTSO1; 

